2nd Canadian Infantry Division, 1940-1945
2nd Canadian Infantry Division Elements of the 2nd Division were selected as the main force for Operation Jubilee, a large-scale amphibious raid on the port of Dieppe in German-occupied France. On 19 August 1942, with air and naval gunfire support, the division’s 4th and 6th Infantry Brigades assaulted Dieppe’s beaches. The Germans were … Read more